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UPDATE: Las Vegas City Council approves funding for Fremont Street canopy upgrades
The Las Vegas City Council voted Wednesday to approve the funding for the Fremont Street Experience canopy improvements.
The upgrade is expected to cost $28.5 million.
UPDATE MARCH 22: The Las Vegas City Council voted Wednesday to approve the funding for the Fremont Street Experience canopy improvements.
The Fremont Street Experience is putting in $12.8 million for the project and will receive $10.7 million from the city and $9.5 million from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
ORIGINAL STORY
The Fremont Street Experience video canopy is getting an upgrade.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority approved $9.5 million in a capital improvement grant to renovate the canopy.
The canopy has not been updated in 14 years after first debuting in 1995.
